Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-26
NE VS. SUMMARY.
A Hermit Robbed OF HIS weaith-AT-
rest of Female Oounterfeiters-z15 Ii.
quor Licenses Granted.

A Hermit Robbed OF HIS weaith-Ar-
rest of Female Oountcrfsiters-z15 Ii.
quor Licenses Granted.
James Nixon. an old man, living
alone near smansville, In the western
part OF Penna., has been robbed Of
e5800 In cash and Government securi
ties which he had secreted In his house.
One day last week he was decoyed from
his home by two men, who represen ted
that they were real estate spectators,
and during his absence . confederate
entered the house aud secured the treas
|ure. Nixon did not discover his loss
until yesterday.
Mrs. Annie Kelly and Mrs.. Ellen
Barrett were arrested In New York on
Saturday night for counterfeiting silver
coin. The officers caught the women
at their work and captured thirteen
plaster OF Paris moulds, hles, melting
ket les, metal and one hundred and
sixty eight counterfeit dollars. Tbs
women are sisters, and one Of them,
Mrs. Kelly, II the wife OF y counter
feiter. They were held ON Monday In
| IS 900 bail each.
Judge Wood ward, In Court at Wilk
esbarre, yesterday. when liquor ltcen
sos were handed mp to him by the Clerl
announced that oil applications. which
we're In proper form ard d with good ant
sufficient b0ndsmen, would be granted
unless remonstranoes had been hled
against them. There were 1855 applica
tions In Luzerne county and only Az o
them are demonstrated against
Policeman j. B. McMahon, wounded
In the leg by the Anarchist bomb .
the Haymarket riot in Chicago . yea
ago, 10 not expected TO recover. IDjur!
| TO bone prevented him from resumtul
his duties, and four weeks ago IN opera
ion was perform cd without effect.
second operation was performed. . fev
days ago, and the patient has been sink
Ing ever since.
The Greenback Labor party of ALLIE
eheny County, At . meeting iu Pitts
burg on Monday evening, formally dia
solved Its organisation and entered th
"Commoners' party" an organization
formed in Pittsburg on tho basic Q
Henry Georges land theories. 1t
said that this move adds between fou
and Eve thousand members to the Com
moners' strength.
Captain Pratt, the superintendent Q
the Indian Training School st Carlisle
Pa on Monday telegrsphed to the Ac'
ing Secretary Of the Interior from Jach
sonville, Florida, that he had secure
for his school sixty pupils from th
Chiricahue indians now held In oustod
at Fort Marion. Among the numbe
tare nine married couples.
While Hamlim Miller Was drivin
l. a. latu -. d. a tx
IOouIty, Ohio, last Saturday night, tn
Ihorses became unmanageable and Mi
Tier am. his wife and chlld were throw
Into the water. Mrs &ii,6f and th
}cb"d were dro wned, as were also th
lhorses, and Miller came near losing hl
life.
Jacob Sharp, liking of the boodlers,
aud subject to twenty -one indictment
TOR bribery, was arraigned on Monda
in the New York Court Of Oyer ap
rerminer. His trial Was set for Il
11th Of May, and the Judge decided
hear motion to quash the indtctmeI
on Friday next.
The trouble with the looked. out silv'
smiths of the Gorham MAnufacturir
COMPANY, in Providence, ended q
Monday, the men having voted to di
band the Local Assembly Of Knights
Labor to which they belonged.
The store of Cleveland, Brown b Co
! dealeis In neck wear. on Otis street, Bo
ton, WAS entered ON Sunday by bul
I glars, who carried away over SA'
worth of stock. The goods were take
lsway in broad daylight.
Il The missing ting Jennie King hi
been found and taken 10 South Havel
: Michigan. She had two men on boar
who were SO hours without food.
u Three young men, Charles Merca'
I August Rousseau and Joseph Huar'
lwera drowned at st. Romeyald, Quebe
l on Sunday by the upsettlng Of boat.